TGI Paris restraint chair of the President of the Appeal Court of Paris

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Supreme Council of the Magistracy (CSM) has hit the intention of appointing the President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance (TGI) of Paris, Chantal Arens, President of the Court of Appeal of Paris, according to a statement on Thursday on its website.

The age of 60 years, Ms Arens-president was since May 2010 TGI Paris and remains the responsibility of the judges of the formation of the CSM. Previously, he was president of the TGI Nanterre.

Coincidence, Ms Arens issued a statement Thursday having regard to the "independence" of the judge, Nicolas Sarkozy, after the query one of the officers who are responsible for a former head of state.

"The independence of judges is an essential condition for democracy," said Ms Arens rare public statement. It has, however, been made after the March Gallery Sarkozy Le Figaro, in which he was involved in the work of judges.

Replace Ms Arens, President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, CSM has received the name of Jean-Michel Hayat, the current president of TGI Nanterre.

Age 59 years, Mr. Hayat office in July 2010, Nanterre, then in the spotlight by the curves Bettencourt affair.

The court was the scene of a major conflict between the prosecutor Philippe Courroye Nanterre, it is believed that about Nicolas Sarkozy, who is investigating the Post Office, and the President of the 15th Chamber of the Court, Isabelle Prévost-Desprez, assessment of Banier case / Bettencourt. In this poisoned atmosphere, called the president "to calm a return." For

Prior to his appointment Nanterre, Mr. Hayat was the president of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Nice.

Other of the first president of the Court of Appeal of Douai, Dominic Lottin, was elected to discuss the Court of Appeal of Versailles the Presidency, while Dominic Ferriere, the first president of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis-de-la-Réunion chair the Court of Appeal of Bordeaux .

Thus, the MSC stops its final proposals on July 10, after reviewing any comments unsuccessful applicants.